Science

Lahore to have rental e-bike service

LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to introduce the country’s first app-based electric motorbike rental service, saying it will simultaneously help tackle the city’s chronic last-mile connectivity gap and its worsening air quality…

What we are doing to tackle schools’ abduction – FG

The Federal Government has unveiled new measures to tackle school abductions, insecurity, and other emerging threats to basic education across the country. It said issues of school safety, education in emergencies, climate change and…

53,000 Nigerians die from foodborne illnesses annually – FG

The Ministry of Health on Monday said Nigeria records nearly 50 million cases of foodborne illnesses and more than 53,000 deaths annually. The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Iziaq Salako, disclosed this in Abuja during a…

Statistics bill: Abbas seeks overhaul of Nigeria’s data system

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has said Nigeria can no longer rely on a statistical framework enacted nearly two decades ago, stressing the need for a comprehensive overhaul of the country’s data architecture…

AI coding startup Cursor, courted by SpaceX, picks London as European hub

Plug-in solar is soaring across Europe – but is it better than traditional rooftop panels?

Solar is helping rescue Europeans from the soaring cost of fossil fuels, but experts warn that energy bills may still increase due to the ‘rebound’ effect.

South Africa: Climate Change Is Threatening Sheep Farmers in South Africa's Drakensberg - How They're Adapting

[The Conversation Africa] In the rugged and mountainous Drakensberg grasslands of South Africa's Eastern Cape province, farmers rear sheep for food, cultural practices and financial security.

South Africa: South African Telescope Detects Record-Breaking Signal From the Early Universe

[The Conversation Africa] Astronomers using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa have discovered the most distant hydroxyl megamaser ever detected, opening a new radio astronomy frontier. A hydroxyl megamaser is a natural space…

Congo-Kinshasa: The Hunt for a New Ebola Vaccine - Two Scientists Explain the Challenges

[The Conversation Africa] The ongoing Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda has now killed 61 people, with 359 confirmed cases. The Bundibugyo strain of the virus has a fatality rate of between 30% and…

Flamingos’ killing at Islamabad’s Rawal Lake raises alarm

ISLAMABAD: A flock of flamingos resting at Rawal Lake was hunted down by poachers with the help of locals, raising concerns among environmentalists. “We also have evidence that poachers also killed other medium-sized water birds such as…

PH to launch satellite network to aid farms, maritime watch, disaster response

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has approved plans to develop a constellation of Earth observation satellites under the country’s flagship Multispectral Unit for Land Assessment (MULA) program, alongside other space…

Scientists baked sourdough using 5,300-year-old yeast from a frozen mummy